Awards and honors Orson Welles

1933: welles s stage production of twelfth night todd school boys received first prize chicago drama league after competition @ century of progress exposition of 1933, chicago world s fair.
1938: director of mercury theatre, welles received new york drama study club award greatest contribution toward living, breathing theatre season .
1941: citizen kane received new york film critics circle award best picture.
1942: national board of review voted citizen kane best film of 1941, , recognized welles performance.
1942: citizen kane received 9 nominations @ 1941 academy awards, including best picture, best director , best actor in leading role welles. won academy award best original screenplay, award welles shared herman j. mankiewicz.
1943: magnificent ambersons nominated 4 1942 academy awards, including best picture.
1945: on may 24, 1945, interracial film , radio guild honored welles contributions interracial harmony through radio. presented @ shrine auditorium in los angeles, guild s second annual awards ceremony honored eddie rochester anderson, norman corwin, bing crosby, bette davis, lena horne, james wong howe, earl robinson, nathan straus , miguel c. torres.
1947: stranger nominated golden lion @ venice film festival.
1952: othello won palme d or @ 1952 cannes film festival.
1959: ensemble work in compulsion, orson welles, bradford dillman , dean stockwell shared prize best actor @ cannes film festival.
1966: chimes @ midnight screened in competition palme d or @ 1966 cannes film festival , won 20th anniversary prize , technical grand prize. in spain, won citizens writers circle award best film.
1968: welles nominated best foreign actor in leading role @ 21st british academy film awards performance in chimes @ midnight.
1970: venice film festival awarded welles golden lion career achievement.
1970: welles given academy honorary award superlative , distinguished service in making of motion pictures. welles did not attend ceremony: didn t go, because feel damn fool @ things. feel foolish, foolish. ... i made piece of film , said in spain, , thanked them.
1975: welles received american film institute lifetime achievement award.
1976: grammy award best spoken word or non-musical album great american documents , shared helen hayes, henry fonda , james earl jones.
1978: welles presented los angeles film critics association career achievement award.
1979: welles received grammy award best spoken word recording complete motion picture soundtrack citizen kane.
1979: welles inducted national association of broadcasters broadcasting hall of fame.
1981: welles received grammy award best spoken word recording role on donovan s brain.
1982: in paris on february 23, 1982, president françois mitterrand presented welles order of commander of légion d honneur, highest civilian decoration in france.
1982: welles nominated best supporting actor in motion picture @ golden globe awards role in butterfly, same role had him nominated golden raspberry award worst supporting actor, won ed mcmahon in same film, won award worst picture.
1983: welles made member of académie des beaux-arts.
1983: welles awarded fellowship of british film institute in 1983.
1984: in 1984 directors guild of america presented welles greatest honor, d. w. griffith award.
1985: welles received career achievement award national board of review.
1988: welles inducted national radio hall of fame.
1993: 1992 audiobook version of orson welles welles , peter bogdanovich nominated grammy award best spoken word or non-musical album.
1998: in 1998 , 2007, american film institute ranked citizen kane greatest american movie. these other welles films nominated afi list: magnificent ambersons (1942, director/producer/screenwriter); third man (1949, actor); touch of evil (1958, actor/director/screenwriter); , man seasons (1966, actor).
1999: american film institute acknowledged welles 1 of top 25 male motion picture stars of classic hollywood cinema in survey, afi s 100 years...100 stars.
2002: welles voted greatest film director of time in 2 british film institute polls, of directors , critics.
2002: highly divergent genus of hawaiian spiders orsonwelles named in honor.
2007: statue of welles sculpted oja kodar installed in city of split, croatia.
2013: on february 10, 2013, woodstock opera house in woodstock, illinois, dedicated stage welles, honoring site of american debut professional theatre director.
2015: throughout 2015, numerous festivals , events observed 100th anniversary of welles s birth.
2017: survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, , historical retrospectives finds welles second acclaimed director of time (behind alfred hitchcock).




^ cite error: named reference welles tiow invoked never defined (see page).
^ amateur dramatic groups compete trophy @ fair . ruston daily leader (united press, july 7, 1933). july 8, 1933. 
^ jitters opening due on may 2 . new york times. april 8, 1938. retrieved 2017-08-29. 
^ 1941 awards . new york film critics circle. retrieved 2016-02-17. 
^ ten best 1941 . national board of review magazine. vol. xvii no. 1. national board of review. january 1942. p. 4. retrieved 2016-02-17. 
^ ten best 1941 . national board of review magazine. vol. xvii no. 1. national board of review. january 1942. p. 6. retrieved 2016-02-17. 
^ citizen kane – awards . internet movie database. retrieved 2015-08-27. 
^ magnificent ambersons – awards . internet movie database. retrieved 2015-08-27. 
^ cite error: named reference whaley invoked never defined (see page).
^ straus given trophy . broadcasting, june 4, 1945, page 24.
^ stranger – awards . internet movie database. retrieved 2015-08-27. 
^ othello – awards . internet movie database. retrieved 2015-08-27. 
^ chimes @ midnight – awards . internet movie database. retrieved 2015-08-27. 
^ awards of venice film festival . la biennale di venezia. retrieved 2017-01-01. 
^ verswijver, leo (2003). movies magical : interviews 19 actors, directors, , producers hollywood of 1930s through 1950s. mcfarland. p. 89. isbn 0-7864-1129-5. 
^ cite error: named reference leaming invoked never defined (see page).
^ afi life achievement awards . american film institute. retrieved 2017-04-28. 
^ great american documents . grammy search database. retrieved 2017-04-28. 
^ 4th annual los angeles film critics association awards . los angeles film critics association. retrieved 2017-04-28. 
^ citizen kane . worldcat. retrieved 2017-01-01. 
^ citizen kane . grammy search database. retrieved 2017-01-01. 
^ past award recipients . broadcasting hall of fame. national association of broadcasters. retrieved 2017-04-28. 
^ donovan s brain . worldcat. retrieved 2017-01-01. 
^ donovan s brain . grammy search database. retrieved 2017-01-01. 
^ cite error: named reference mcbride invoked never defined (see page).
^ orson welles dead @ 70; innovator of film , stage . new york times, october 11, 1985. retrieved 2014-05-15. 
^ 1985 award winners . national board of review. retrieved 2015-09-07. 
^ orson welles . national radio hall of fame. retrieved 2017-04-28. 
^ rock opera, full list of nominees ; usa today, january 8, 1993
^ orson welles, harperaudio (september 30, 1992) isbn 1-55994-680-6 (audiocassette)
^ afi s 100 years … 100 stars . american film institute. 1999. retrieved 2015-08-17. 
^ cite error: named reference bfi directors invoked never defined (see page).
^ cite error: named reference bfi critics invoked never defined (see page).
^ hormiga, gustavo (2002). orsonwelles, new genus of giant linyphiid spiders (araneae) hawaiian islands (pdf). invertebrate systematics. 16: 369–448. 
^ cite error: named reference feder invoked never defined (see page).
^ ivo scepanovic (january 17, 2008). orson welles becomes citizen of split . setimes. archived original on october 6, 2014. 
^ orson welles stage dedicated @ woodstock opera house . wellesnet. february 10, 2013. retrieved 2014-09-23. 
^ orson welles centenary celebrations , film festivals . wellesnet. retrieved 2015-05-07. 
^ georgaris, bill (february 2017). 1,000 greatest films (top 250 directors) . shoot pictures, don t they?. retrieved 2017-04-27. 

cite error: there <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on page, references not show without {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see page).